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LABROSSIE LUCIEN BAKER
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 26, 1948 – August 25, 1969
Service recordLabrossie Lucien Baker, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 111
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tubine Engine Drive/Generator Repairer (52F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 36 ENG BN 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- December 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 111
- BARRY BRYANT COERSWarrant Officer 1 · August 25, 1969
- THOMAS JEROME DOSTALSecond Lieutenant · August 25, 1969
- JAMES AUGUSTUS FRANCISSpecialist Five · August 25, 1969
- ROBERT ERNEST GAFTUNIKSergeant · August 25, 1969
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.